This is a part of the 1901 Census for the
Parish of Orwell in Cambridgeshire, as it relates to the
modern-day Parish of Wimpole.

Parish Boundary Change - Properties on the northern side of Cambridge Road A603 ("New Wimpole") were in the Parish of Wimpole. Properties on the southern side of Cambridge Road A603 ("New Orwell") were within the Parish of Orwell. In 1999 South Cambridgeshire District Council and the two parish councils agreed a southwards relocation of the parish boundary so that the properties in "New Orwell" became part of the modern Parish of Wimpole.

Following a poll of residents, the village (now both sides of the Cambridge Road) was officially renamed the village of "Wimpole" on the 1st April 1999.

This page lists the sixteen Orwell properties that existed in 1901 that later became part of the
Parish of Wimpole.

A further four Orwell properties located on the northern side of Cambridge Road A603 (No 20, Wilshers Garage, and nos 18 and 16), were also transferred into Wimpole in 1999, but they were built after 1901 and so do not appear here.

Information, notes and comments additional to the 1901 Census are
generally shown within greyed [square brackets]

(2004) My thanks and acknowledgments to the original 'census team' who provided the documentation and who typed and checked the various page transcripts. Particular thanks to Mike Giddings, Susan Giddings, Alexandra Morton and John Parkins for all their help, assistance and encouragement. This presentation of a typed transcription is by Steve Odell.

Column Heads:
1. Name.
2. Relation to Head of Household.
3. Married, Widowed or Single.
4. Age last birthday.
5. Occupation.
6. Place of Birth.

Brewery Cottages, New Orwell, c1905Nos 15 to 19 Cambridge Road (left) Nos 21 to 33 Cambridge Road (right)The seven cottages on the right were built c1876 for workers employed at the new Meyer's brewery.
The three cottages on the left have been traced back to at least the 1840s, pre-dating the brewery complex.
The brewery buildings (probably owned by brewers J. and J.E. Phillips Ltd by this time)
can be glimpsed
over the cottage rooftops on the left.
From an original postcard dated c1905Image loaned by Brenda and Michael Skinner (2014).

Cambridge Road (Schedule
---)[Then in the Parish of Orwell] [Blacksmiths Shop/Forge][Now rebuilt as 'Elcon House, 15a Cambridge Road' in the Parish of Wimpole'.]

[At the very end of the original 1901 Census document covering Cambridge Road/New Orwell, there is a crossed-out entry that simply reads "Cambridge Road, Newell & Sons, Blacksmith's Shop". My understanding is that their blacksmith's shop was the first building on the south side of Cambridge Road when entering Wimpole from the Cambridge direction (above left). I have therefore relocated the crossed-out record to this location until someone tells me otherwise. No residents were recorded. See two other related photographs here. The building in 1901 was mainly of timber construction as seen above, the modern building, on approximately the same footprint, is all-brick. The building later became a cycle and motorcycle sales repair shop and later still, a roadside cafe. It is now a private residence.

The Newell family were also the publicans at the "Queen Victoria" public house (see Schedule 140 below).]

[Note:
(1)
Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

Cambridge Road[New Orwell] (Schedule
129)[Then in the Parish of Orwell]
[Now '15 Cambridge Road' in the Parish of Wimpole. See also Schedule 130 immediately below.]

Edward WILKINS

Head

M

30

Worker, Horsekeeper

Arrington, Cambridgeshire

Lily WILKINS

Wife

M

31

-

Orwell, Cambridgeshire

Henry WILKINS

Son

-

9

-

Orwell, Cambridgeshire

Percy WILKINS

Son

-

6

-

Orwell, Cambridgeshire

Oswold WILKINS

Son

-

3

-

Orwell, Cambridgeshire

Ida WILKINS

Daughter

-

1

-

Orwell, Cambridgeshire

[Notes:
(1)
Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.
(2) This cottage has been traced back to at least the 1840s and thus was not built as part of the brewery complex.]

New Orwell(Schedule
130)[Then in the Parish of Orwell.]
[Originally 'No 17' in its own right. However, the two properties at No 15 and No 17 were combined into a single dwelling, 'No 15 Cambridge Road' being retained as the overall address. Now in the Parish of Wimpole. 'No 17 Cambridge Road' doesn't exist today as a separate address. See also Schedule 129 above.]

William S[tacey]REED(1)

Head

M

33

Agricultural Labourer

Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Sarah A[nn]REED(1)

Wife

M

44

-

Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

[Notes:
(1)
William Stacey Reed married Sarah Ann Spacksman at Wimpole Parish Church on 28 October 1899.
(2)
Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.
(3) This cottage has been traced back to at least the 1840s and thus was not built as part of the brewery complex.]

New Orwell(Schedule
131)[Then in the Parish of Orwell]
[Now '19 Cambridge Road', in the Parish of Wimpole.]

Henry WILKINS

Head

M

38

Groom

Arrington, Cambridgeshire

Emily A WILKINS

Wife

M

34

-

Orwell, Cambridgeshire

Hilda M WILKINS

Daughter

-

10

-

Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

[Notes:
(1)
Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.
(2) This cottage has been traced back to at least the 1840s and thus was not built as part of the brewery complex.]

New Orwell(Schedule
132)[Then in the Parish of Orwell.]
[Now '21 Cambridge Road', in the Parish of Wimpole.]

George RODWELL

Head

M

33

Gardener Domestic

Peasenhill, Suffolk

Kate RODWELL

Wife

M

33

-

Godalming, Surrey

[Notes:
(1) These seven cottages were built c1876, originally to house workers at Philip and Arthur H Meyer's Orwell Brewery. See also the Old Brewery
Building.
(2)
Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

New Orwell(Schedule
133)[Then in the Parish of Orwell.]
[Now '23 Cambridge Road', in the Parish of Wimpole.]

Robert H[enry]RAYNER

Head

M

52

Labourer in Garden

Arrington, Cambridgeshire

Martha RAYNER (2)

Wife

M

48

Grocer General, own a/c working at home.

Croydon, Cambridgeshire

[Notes:
(1) Robert Henry Rayner married Martha Law at Arrington on 12 November 1873.
(2) For some years this property was the Wimpole village shop run by Mrs Rayner. Look at the centre of the image above, and you can identify the shop by the small name board over the ground floor window.
(3) These seven cottages were built c1876, originally to house workers at Philip and Arthur H Meyer's Orwell Brewery. See also the Old Brewery
Building.
(4)
Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

New Orwell(Schedule 134)[Then in the Parish of Orwell]
[Now '25 Cambridge Road', in the Parish of Wimpole.]

Arthur E[dward]TAYLOR

Head

M

29

Horsekeeper

Watlington, Norfolk

Sarah J[ane]TAYLOR

Wife

M

27

Arrington, Cambridgeshire

[Notes:
(1)
Arthur Edward Taylor married Sarah Jane Payne at Arrington on the 26 December 1898.
(2) These seven cottages were built c1876, originally to house workers at Philip and Arthur H Meyer's Orwell Brewery. See also the Old Brewery
Building.
(3)
Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

Cambridge Road[New Orwell] (Schedule 135)[Then in the Parish of Orwell.]
[Now '27 Cambridge Road' in the Parish of Wimpole.]

David BULLEN

Head

M

33

Ordinary Labourer

Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Mary A[nn]BULLEN (1)

Wife

M

30

-

Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

John BULLEN (2)

Son

-

2

-

Orwell, Cambridgeshire

[Note:
(1)
David Bullen, 30, labourer, married Mary Ann Clarke, in Wimpole Parish Church on 29 April 1897.
(2)
John Bullen, baptised at Wimpole on 5 May 1899.
(3) David died 14 May 1936, aged 69, Mary died 29 April 1939,
also aged 69, both at Arrington Almshouses.
(4) These seven cottages were built c1876, originally to house workers at Philip and Arthur H Meyer's Orwell Brewery. See also the Old Brewery
Building.
(5)
Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

New Orwell(Schedule 136)[Then in the Parish of Orwell][Now '29 Cambridge Road, in the Parish of Wimpole'.]

William WILKINS

Head

M

35

Horse Keeper

Arrington, Cambridgeshire

Selina WILKINS

Wife

M

33

-

Orwell, Cambridgeshire

George WILKINS

Son

-

13

Plough Boy

Orwell, Cambridgeshire

William WILKINS

Son

-

12

-

Orwell, Cambridgeshire

Sidney WILKINS

Son

-

9

-

Orwell, Cambridgeshire

Edward WILKINS

Son

-

7

-

Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Arthur WILKINS

Son

-

5

-

Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Ellen WILKINS

Daughter

-

3

-

Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Reginald WILKINS

Son

-

2

-

Orwell, Cambridgeshire

Albert WILKINS

Son

-

3m

-

Orwell, Cambridgeshire

[Notes:
(1) These seven cottages were built c1876, originally to house workers at Philip and Arthur H Meyer's Orwell Brewery. See also the Old Brewery
Building.
(2)
Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

Cambridge Road [New Orwell] (Schedule 137)[Then in the Parish of Orwell.][Originally 'No 31' in its own right. However, the two properties at No 31 and No 33 were combined into a single dwelling (in the 1980s?), No 31 being retained as the overall address. Now in the Parish of Wimpole. See also Schedule 138 immediately below.]

Rebecca WILKINS

Head

W

65

-

Arrington, Cambridgeshire

Arthur WILKINS

Son

S

26

Ordinary Labourer

Arrington, Cambridgeshire

Ralph WILKINS

Son

S

22

Horse Keeper

Orwell, Cambridgeshire

[Notes:
(1)
Edward Wilkins married Rebecca Smith at Arrington on 13 October 1857.
(1) These seven cottages were built c1876, originally to house workers at Philip and Arthur H Meyer's Orwell Brewery. See also the Old Brewery
Building.
(2)
Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

Cambridge Road[New Orwell] (Schedule 138)[Then in the Parish of Orwell.]
[Originally 'No 33'. However, the two properties at No 31 and No 33 Cambridge Road were combined into a single dwelling (in the 1980s?), 'No 31 Cambridge Road, Wimpole', being retained as the overall address. Now in the Parish of Wimpole. See also Schedule 137 immediately above. 'Number 33' has now been re-used for a new property built in 2014.]

Charles J[ohn C.]RULE (1)(2)

Head

M

39

Cement Packer

Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Mary A RULE (2)

Wife

M

37

-

Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Else G RULE

Daughter

-

10

-

Arrington, Cambridgeshire

[Notes:
(1) Charles John Clarke Rule, baptised at Wimpole 12 October 1862. Mother Emily (Emma) Rule. No father listed. Note 'Clarke' in given name. Emily (Emma) Rule married Samuel Clark(e) a year later at Wimpole (14 October 1863).
See also Wimpole Census (Part Two) Schedule 32.
(2)
Charles John Rule (assumed son of Samuel Clarke) married Mary Ann Goats at Wimpole on 3rd May 1888.
(3) These seven cottages were built c1876, originally to house workers at Philip and Arthur H Meyer's Orwell Brewery. See also the Old Brewery
Building.
(4)
Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

Two photographs of "Oatlands" (renamed "Orwell Grange" from c1908).
On the left are some cycling ladies photographed outside the front door c1905.
On the right is a rather unkept [and unoccupied) Orwell Grange at the time of the second post-WW1 sale in 1922.

Oatlands[New Orwell] (Schedule 139)[Then in the Parish of Orwell.][Now ''Orwell Grange', Cambridge Road' in the Parish of Wimpole'.]

Phillip MEYER

Head

S

72

Retired Brewer & Farmer

Arrington, Cambridgeshire

Arthur H[ugh]MEYER

Brother

S

66

Retired Brewer & Farmer

Arrington, Cambridgeshire

Hannah BONNET

Sister

W

73

-

Arrington, Cambridgeshire

John BONNET

Visitor

S

50

Solicitor

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Harriet BONNET

-

S

59

-

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Florence COLLIN

Servant

S

21

Parlour Maid, Domestic

Arrington, Cambridgeshire

Martha CHILDERLEY

Servant

S

16

Housemaid, Domestic

Longstowe, Cambridgeshire

[Notes:
(1) Philip (1829-?) and Arthur Hugh Meyer (1835-1909) were brothers, born in Arrington to parents James
Hugh Meyer and Hannah Haydon.
(2) Oatlands was built c1876 by brothers Philip and Arthur, situated behind their Orwell Brewery.
(3)
David Miller has a page on the Orwell Brewery and some of the history of 'Oatlands' on Orwell Past and Present.
(4) See also The Old Brewery Building page on this site.
(5)
Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

Foreman's House c1908

Foreman's House[Brewery] (Schedule ---)[Then in the Parish of Orwell]
[Building demolished c1910s. Site now ''Brewery House' 37 Cambridge Road', in the Parish of Wimpole.]

Unoccupiedon date of Census.

[Notes:
(1)
Not scheduled or detailed on the Census documentation. Just a blank line and a tick in the unoccupied column.
(2) This house was built c1876, originally to house the Works Foreman at Philip and Arthur H Meyer's Orwell Brewery.
(3)
Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

Manager's House (Rose Villa) c1908 with
the old Brewery buildings in the background

Manager's House[Brewery] (Schedule ---)[Then in the Parish of Orwell]
[Now ''Rose Villa', 39 Cambridge Road', in the Parish of Wimpole.]

Unoccupiedon date of Census.

[Notes:
(1)
Not scheduled or detailed on the Census documentation. Just a blank line and a tick in the unoccupied column.
(2) This house was built c1876, originally to house the Works Manager at Philip and Arthur H Meyer's 'Orwell Brewery'.
(3)
Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

"The Queen Victoria" Tavern in Cambridge Road, looking eastwards towards Cambridge
and photographed
around 1905. The inn sign says 'Fine Royston Ales'.
The Estate Cottages are on the left of Cambridge Road. The 'Manager's House' is on the right (centre image).

Tavern, Cambridge Road ["The Queen Victoria" PH, New Orwell] (Schedule 140)[Then in the Parish of Orwell.][Building demolished, replaced by the Majestic Garage, replaced in turn with new residential housing c2010. Now in the Parish of Wimpole.]

Oliver NEWELL

Head

M

56

Blacksmith

Orwell, Cambridgeshire

Martha NEWELL

Wife

M

54

-

Guilden Morden, Cambs

William [George] NEWELL (1)

Son

S

24

Blacksmith

Orwell, Cambridgeshire

Richard NEWELL

Son

S

22

Blacksmith

Orwell, Cambridgeshire

Jessie NEWELL

Daughter

S

14

-

Orwell, Cambridgeshire

James WALKER

Lodger

S

13

-

Guilden Morden, Cambs.

[Notes:
(1) William George Newell died 19 March 1967, aged 91, is buried in Wimpole Churchyard together with wife Katherine Elizabeth Newell, who died 1 September 1959, aged 73.
(1) I don't know the date the pub was demolished but the 'Orwell Past and Present' website says "The Queen Victoria"
was still serving customers into the 1950s. It was replaced at some point by the Majestic Motors Garage.
(2)
Following a parish boundary change in 1999, the site is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.
(3) Postcard image contributed by Brenda and Michael Skinner (2014).]

"Fox and Hounds" [PH] Cambridge Road(Schedule
141)[Then in the Parish of Orwell.]

Arthur W[illiam]TURRELL(1)
(2)(3)

Head

M

28

Innkeeper Pub[lican]

Croydon, Cambridgeshire

Elizabeth A[nn]TURRELL (2)

Wife

M

32

-

Frampton, Lincolnshire

Annie F[lorence]TURRELL

Daughter

3

-

Orwell, Cambridgeshire

Ethel E[mily]TURRELL

Daughter

1

-

Orwell, Cambridgeshire

[Note:
(1) Arthur William Turrell, born 1873, was the son of William and Ellen Turrell of Croydon, Cambridgeshire.
(2) Arthur William Turrell and Elizabeth Ann Young
married at Boston, Lincolnshire in 1897.
(3) Arthur William Turrell died aged 82 in Cambridge in 1952.
(4) The "Fox and Hounds" is now a private residence.
(5)
Following a boundary change in 1999, this property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]